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Best Practices on HVAC Design to Minimize the Risk of COVID-19 Infection within Indoor Environments

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  • Alexandre Fernandes Santos Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001; Covilhã, Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5306-6968
    • Pedro Dinis Gaspar C-MAST—Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.
      • Aseel Hamandosh Universidade Católica do Paraná; Odontologia; Curitiba – Paraná. Brazil
        • Eliandro Barbosa de Aguiar Faculdade Estácio. Engenheiro eletricista. Curitiba Paraná. Brazil
          • Antonio Carlos Guerra Filho Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Engenheiro Mecânico. Minas Gerais. Brasil
            • Heraldo José Lopes de Souza Faculdade Profissional. Pós Graduado em Engenharia da Climatização. Curitiba Paraná. Brazil

              DOI:

              https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4324-2020200335

              Keywords:

              Covid 19, Pandemic, Contamination, Strategies, Guidelines, Best practices

              Resumen

              The spread of Coronavirus is causing in the society all around the world a considerable degree of fear, worry and concern and particularly among healthcare workers that are at increased risk for infection. This paper gathers the strategy/guidelines to reduce the contamination in Intensive care unit (ICU) and in all
              the hospital environment. The ASHRAE and REHVA guidelines applied the UV-C Lamps, Pressure control filtration, Restroom actions and Humidity control to reduce the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in ICU. The role of infection control in the design of hospitals is increasing every day. This paper highlights the role of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning minimizing the risk of infection from airborne transmission within the built environment through the application of best practices.

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              Enviado

              14/07/2020

              Postado

              17/07/2020

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              Best Practices on HVAC Design to Minimize the Risk of COVID-19 Infection within Indoor Environments. (2020). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4324-2020200335

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              Ciencias de la Salud

              Derechos de autor 2020 Alexandre Fernandes Santos, Pedro Dinis Gaspar, Aseel Hamandosh, Eliandro Barbosa de Aguiar, Antonio Carlos Guerra Filho, Heraldo José Lopes de Souza

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              Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional Creative Commons Atribución 4.0.

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